Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-28
The Midland & West
ern Railway
Company.
Sherifr's Proclamation and Notice of
A Special Election i'm Barton
Comfy Kansas.

TO the qualified voters of Barton county, Kansas:
At a meeting of the Board of County Commits
of the County Clerk, of said county in the City OF
Great Bend, Barton county, Kansas. Present: w;
w. Carney, Chairman, and Henry Schwier and
Charles A. Willms, all being and comprising the
Board of County Commissioners, of Barton county,
Kansas. Said meeting having been held on the 29th
| and 3Oth days of June 1887. The following pro-
eeedngs were had and ordered entered of record on
the journal of said board:
JOURNAL ENTRY.
Office of the County Clerk, of Barton county, Kan
sas, June 30. A d. 1887, at o'clock p. of said
And now to-wit: June 30 A. D. 1887, at o'clock
p: of said day, at the Office of the county clerk,
OF Barton county, State of Kansas, came w. W.
sOners, of Barton county, State of Kansas and
Henry Schwier and Charles A. wilkins, the other
two members of said board of county commissioners
and also Ed L. Teed, county clerk of the County OF
Barton State of Kansas, present, all being and
and for the County of Barton, State of Kansas.
And said board being duly and regularly con-
vened in special session, by law provided the pc
tion for such special session being duly addressed
| to said chairman of the Board. County of Barton,
State of Kansas, and being duly signed by said
| Henry Schwier and Charles A. Willms and being
in words and figures as follows, tO.wit:
Petition for special session of the board OF county
commissioners, of Barton county.
| To w. w. Carney, chairman of board of county
commissioners. OF Barton county. Kansas:
Strive, the undersigned members of said
| board, of which you are chairman, request you to
call special session of said board to consider petit
board duly convene and order a special election in
said county to submit to the qualified of said
capital stock of the Midland d Western Railway
company, on conditions set out in said petition
such special session to be at earliest practicable mo-
ment The said special session being of interest to
| said County of Barton.
Dated; June 20 hap A D. 1881 , at 21 o'clock p m
CHAS: A. WILKINS, Commis'r.
| Attest ED L. TEED,
County Clerk Barton county, Kan.
And said W. w. Carney, chairman, did, in pursu-
chairman such special session of said board, and
service Of said call was duly made on said other two
\. Willms, said call being to-wit:
| CALL "B.''
To Henry Schwier and Charles A. Willms, members
| OF board OF county commissioners, in and for said
County of Barton, State of Kansas:
| GENTs-In pursuance to the above and foregoing
vene in special session June %, a. d. 1881, at
O'Clock p. M OF said day to consider matters men-
to said county. said session to be at the ofiee Of
the county clerk, in and for said county, in Great
| Bend, Kansas.
Done june %. A D. 1887, at 2 O'Clock p. M OF
| said day.
W. W. CARNEY.
Chairman Board of Commissioners.
| Attest: ED L. TEED,
County Clerk Barton county, Kan.
And the acceptance thereof said other two mem.
bers being as follows;
| We, the undersigned members of the board OF
county commissioners. of said Barton county, dc
| hereby acknowledge due, legal and timely service
on each OF at Great Bend, Kansas in said county
on the 10Th day of June, A. D. 1887, ut o'clock p
N. of said day.
HENRY SCHWIER, Commis'r.
| CHAS. A. WILKINS, Commis'r.
Attest: ED L. TEED,
| County Clerk of Barton county, Kan.
SEAL
And whereas said board having assembled at the
place designated in said petition and said CALL and
the hour having arrived for such special session. and
all members of said board being present, and said
petition "a, call "B and service "C' having been
read and all ordered placed file, and said board
having been duly convened.
On motion, the board find that the interest of the
county demands that this special be now had.
And the matters mentioned in said petition q" AZ
being presented to said board. On motion duly
made seconded, put and carried, the following or
der was, by said board of county commissioners
duly made, to-wit: Whereas, petition, duly signed
! by E. L. Chapman and other persons purporting to
be twofths (25) of the resident tax payers Of the
County of Barton. in the State of Kansas has this
day been duly presented. to the board of county
commissioners. of Barton county, State of Kansas,
praying said board to duly convene, and make an
order which order shall embrace the teIms<of said
petition and such other conditions as to aid board